Overview of IT solutions for career services and quality assurance at higher education

Education is a key component of society and is directly tied to its prosperity. In recent years we have seen changes in the labor market as a consequence of the development of information technology and globalization. This implied a major transformation in the structures of career and work. Therefore, the educational and careers services faced the challenge of responding to a wide range of different institutional agendas. In this paper we will give an overview of solutions that fall into several different categories by analyzing their advantages and the benefits they provide, but also state their shortcomings and highlight the areas of possible improvement. We would like to test the hypothesis that these kinds of solutions are mutually beneficial for students, higher education institutions and employers. However, we will also show that there is still a lot of space for improvements and innovation. The research shows that these solutions offer value to all the parties concerned: the students get higher quality education and training, the companies get high quality staff and the academic institutions get more tools to assess their quality, keep track of the student satisfaction with their work and discover new ways to improve.